Wasteland: My items are infinitely upgraded.

Chapter 177 Shuguang Village, Personnel Arrangements, Intelligent Driving

After incorporating a portion of fine steel wolf skin and alloy wolf bones, the defensive performance of the level 19 chariot has achieved a qualitative leap.

The basic defense of 150 points, plus the fusion improvement of wolf bone skin, reaches an astonishing 190 points, far exceeding the 150-point physical limit of the nineteenth-level evolution.

Naturally, it can block all attacks from first-order beings.

Lin Feng touched the thickened carriage wall armor, which was ten centimeters thick and made of alloy material, light and strong.

One hundred and ninety points of defense value is already very close to the upper limit of level twenty. It should not be a problem to withstand a heavy blow of ten tons of force or a small-caliber artillery shell.

On the other hand, the improvement in the vehicle's power performance after five consecutive upgrades is very limited.

A speed of 60 kilometers per hour is not a problem for a transport vehicle, but for a vehicle defined as a combat vehicle, it is actually not fast.

That translates to only sixteen meters per second, which an ordinary first-stage early evolver can easily run past.

And this is the maximum speed. When loading weapons or transporting other equipment and supplies, the average speed will only continue to drop.

So in addition to stacking defense, as a wasteland tank, the speed must also be increased.

Without the advantage of performance, we can only allow the enemy to pull and harass us, passively take the beating, and find it difficult to pursue or counterattack.

To improve performance, there are only two aspects to start from: motor and battery.

Increasing the number or power of motors can increase speed, and increasing the number or energy density of batteries can extend battery life.

In addition, the photovoltaic panels, the only source of energy, also need to be upgraded.

The photovoltaic carapace of the mid-to-late stage first-level rock wildebeest is better than that of the early stage rock wildebeest. It is estimated that those heavy-duty trucks use high-quality goods, so the price is ridiculously expensive.

The above three tram components must be obtained from Shuguang Village, and the price is definitely not low.

Pure source material cannot be used for trading. The Dawn Village is full of evolvers from different evolutionary paths from top to bottom. The scale of their power is not enough to reach the level of pure evolution.

Second-level evolution is a lifetime goal, so there is naturally no need for pure source material.

So apart from the hard currency of evolution meat, the only thing Lin Feng can offer right now is the large amount of ammunition provided by the bullet production machine.

Compared with bullets with limited lethality, artillery shells are obviously more in line with the current needs of Shuguang Village.

The personnel of this village are all engineers or maintenance workers, with electricians making up the majority. In terms of combat effectiveness, it ranks last among the five major villages, only slightly higher than Shengquan Village.

Unlike the Li family, which has two second-level strongmen, or the motorcycle village, which often goes out into the city ruins to search for remaining car body materials in the ruins, they will face various dangerous environments.

In short, the villagers in Shuguang Village should have almost zero practical experience.

However, the equipment produced is of extremely high value and is considered the hard currency of Oasis Town, and the trams are in need every year.

After a simple speculation, Lin Feng felt a little tempted. He wanted to take advantage of the rebellion and the chaos to run to Shuguang Village and plunder.

Since even he could think of it, the evolvers from other villages, especially those on the fifth level, were obviously drooling over the Dawn Village, which had weak defenses.

Want to take advantage of the situation and make a purchase for free.

Moreover, once the leader of Shuguang Village surrenders to the Li family and attacks the church, the three major villages in the tram industry will become rebels in Oasis Town, and attacking them will be extremely correct both legally and morally.

Burning, killing and looting are not only not crimes, but also being a hero in defending the Holy Spring Cult.

In this way, looting will become a just defense action, and after being covered with a legal cloak, people can launch an attack without scruples.

Therefore, among the three major villages, apart from Shengquan Village, the most anxious and worried one is Shuguang Village.

The best way to improve your strength in a short period of time is to increase firepower and be on high alert.

Lin Feng originally thought that the guild would be a good buyer, but after careful analysis, he found that Shuguang Village also had great potential.

Maybe I can give it a good killing then.

We purchased top-quality brushless motors and high-quality photovoltaic panels at low prices.

Sure enough, in the eyes of arms dealers, conflict and violence are business opportunities and motivation.

And you have to sell at both ends to make the most money.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng immediately called Chen Shanshan, A Lian and Ma Chenfeng and instructed:

"This time, the Li family and other local clans are in conflict with the church, and the unrest will spread to every part of Oasis Town."

"I have been appointed by the church to protect Holy Spring Village and suppress the rebellion in Farm Village. I will need a team member to protect my safety and create space for me to attack."

Chen Shanshan immediately raised her hand.

Lin Feng looked at her and nodded slightly:

"You've eaten a lot of Level 15 Evolutionary Meat and have already reached Level 15. Now take three Level 14 Evolutionary Agents and six Level 17 Evolutionary Agents and you'll be promoted to Level 19 Evolutionary in one go."

"After handing over the vehicle to the guild, come back and evolve to become a second-level evolver."

Only Chen Shanshan, who is at level 20, is qualified to participate in the battle between second-level strongmen and protect Lin Feng from the attacks of the Yanma warriors.

After saying that, Lin Feng looked at A Lian and Ma Chen Feng:
"You two have high combat proficiency, and the convoy also needs strong members to be responsible for armed protection."

"Alian, from now on you will be the captain of the team and be responsible for the arrangements of the official members."

"Ma Chenfeng, you will be in charge of the escort team. When the time comes, follow Ding Yi and the others to recruit new members. All new members will be temporarily assigned to the escort team. They will be promoted to full members based on their combat performance."

The two looked at each other and nodded together.

Especially the latter, his eyes were full of anticipation.

The leader gave the little girl Chen Shanshan so many evolutionary agents to improve her strength, which will definitely enhance their combat effectiveness.

Lin Feng then continued:
"Since you're the captain, you have to be at least a late-stage Evolver to be able to command the support of the others."

"Alian, you are only level 13. You need to take six doses of level 14 evolutionary agents first. After becoming a level 16 evolver, you can absorb one dose of level 17 evolutionary agent."

"Ma Chenfeng, wait a minute and use a level 17 evolutionary agent to become a late-stage evolver. That way, you'll be more impressive and attractive when you go to recruit members."

"You've been in the wasteland for a long time, so you should have a good eye for people."

Ma Chenfeng didn't expect good things to happen to him so soon. He immediately perked up and patted his chest:
"Leave it to me, Chief. I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"

Now that a large convoy is about to take shape, and Lin Feng is about to be promoted from captain to leader, Ma Chenfeng becomes more respectful.

Lin Feng nodded, looked at the three people and said in a deep voice:
"There is also the evolutionary meat that matches the absorbed essence. I will give it to you along with the rest."

"Eat the Evolution Meat sparingly. There's currently no stable way to obtain it, and the reserves are limited."

Originally, Lin Feng wanted to recruit some technical personnel, such as professional mechanics or some engineers, but these people have basically been absorbed by the three major villages. It would be better to directly "ask for people" from them when the time comes.

People who master the technology can find a job wherever they go.

The escort team is still mainly composed of combat personnel.

After arranging these, Lin Feng took out a large amount of evolution agents from the freezer in the car, including nine level fourteen ones and eight level seventeen ones.

As for the evolution meat, Chen Shanshan and A Lian each took ten kilograms of mid-stage evolution meat. The former took another ten kilograms of level eighteen evolution meat, while the latter only needed five kilograms of level seventeen.

Ma Chenfeng also received five kilograms of level 17 evolutionary meat, which covered his meals for the next few days.

In reality, as a late-stage evolver, consuming Level 18 or 19 Evolutionary Meat would allow them to advance, as long as the quantity increased. However, Evolutionary Meat was currently more precious than Essence and needed to be used for combat. Although Lin Feng had 300 kilograms of Level 1 Late-stage Evolutionary Meat, he wasn't yet lavish enough to evolve solely on meat, and time didn't allow for it.

But in fact, the value of evolution agent is slightly higher than the evolution meat of the same level in big cities, because the content of source material is fixed, while there is a lot of low-level evolution meat in the bodies of high-level wild beasts.

The 300 kilograms of level 20 evolutionary meat obtained this time may have come from a mid-level second-stage wild beast.

Therefore, in order to reduce such losses, we must develop our own evolutionary meat cultivation industry in the future to avoid being continuously harvested and coerced by large forces in this regard.

After handing over the source material and evolution meat to the three people, there were only two level ten and one level fourteen first-order evolution agents left in the freezer, and the reserves were running low.

There are still a lot of level 20 evolution agents, a total of eight left, enough for Lin Feng to evolve to level 23, and at the same time help Chen Shanshan enter the second level.

So after the delivery, Lin Feng called Chen Shanshan:

"There are still 10,000 points left in your account. You can exchange them for five level 10 and one level 14 evolution potions from the guild later as a reserve of essence."

"Next, I'll give Ah Ming and Liu Qian two Level 14s. They both contributed to this ruins exploration mission."

"The remaining ten-level evolutionary agents will be used as rewards to motivate the newly recruited enhancers."

Chen Shanshan nodded and took the one-star hunter license handed to her by Lin Feng.

This is a symbol of status. Only with it can you use the points in the team account.

After everything was arranged, Lin Feng called Ding Yi again and asked about the follow-up plan:

"I plan to arrange for an ordinary transport vehicle to be used as a biological cultivation room. You will be in charge of it. First, stabilize the ecological cycle of poisonous weeds and insects."

Ding Yi frowned slightly:
"It's too early to raise wildebeests now, and we don't have a stable living environment. Even if we want to do it, we have to wait until the rebellion is quelled or we go to the Holy City."

Lin Feng nodded:
"I know, but raising living creatures is too time-consuming and laborious. I plan to directly establish a cell culture laboratory. Then I will buy some fresh second-level blood and flesh from rock wildebeests or steppe wolves and give them to you as samples."

Hearing this, Ding Yi's eyes lit up:
"That's possible, but first we need to gather some experimental equipment, including microscopes and various utensils."

"Tian Wanrong, who we just brought back, can also be used as a test subject for live experiments or sample feeding."

Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction:
"That's about it, go make the arrangements."

Ding Yi pushed his glasses and said before leaving:
"The divine dog is almost an adult and will soon enter the late strengthening stage. In a few days, it should be able to evolve beyond its level and become an evolved wild beast."

Lin Feng hummed twice:

"That's great. On the way to the Holy City, we'll have the opportunity to hunt a herd of wildebeest."

After learning about Life Farm, Lin Feng lost interest in the breeding industry.

In the future, when the caravan migrates to the holy city thousands of kilometers away, it is impossible to bring a large herd of wildebeests with it, and the church will not allow him to seize the breeding industry from the farm village, even though it has been targeted by the Salvation Army.

Unless Lin Feng is willing to take over this mess, stay in Oasis Town, and continue to shine for the church.

Then in the future, his relationship with the church will become like that of the Li family today.

This is a matter of time, and the church may even use more severe means of oppression to curb the development of Lin Feng's power.

Li Hao, the head of the Li family, came to the oasis to develop after failing in the big city. Now Lin Feng has just entered the second stage of evolution and has broad room and direction for development. There is no need to hang himself in this remote oasis town.

Moreover, the rock wildebeest industry has too many limitations.

Although it can feed many people, its production efficiency is too low and its risk resistance is not strong, which also leads to the industry's profits being distributed to upstream and downstream derivative industries.

For example, the photovoltaic panels and batteries in Shuguang Village, and the complete vehicle manufacturing in the Motorcycle Village.

The profits from evolving meat are far less lucrative and professional than those from the Life Farm in the Holy City.

The latter, with the help of modern biotechnology, can directly clone and evolve meat, which is equivalent to artificial meat production, saving a lot of site and labor costs, and the output is several times higher than that of industrialized farming.

In the old Earth era, artificial meat could only rely on capital hype and investment fraud, but now it has become extremely in demand as the value of advanced evolved meat increases.

The ambitious Lin Feng naturally wanted to get involved and obtain a stable source of evolutionary meat, not only to meet the needs of his own forces, but also to earn resources or win over allies.

In the future, when he becomes a third-level king, Lin Feng will stand on the opposite side of the church. When he launches an attack to transcend above the third level, he will become a thorn in the eyes of the gods.

Lin Feng must win over a large number of forces to fight against the blockade of the gods for thousands of years.

Take back the destiny of mankind from the hands of the gods.

As for now, let’s solve the team’s food problem first. After all, only by eating meat can we have the strength to work.

Ding Yi was given only a car and 3,000 points as start-up capital. She will have to continue to increase investment in the future and trade with forces that control biotechnology in exchange for evolutionary meat cultivation technology.

After arranging these trivial matters, Lin Feng returned to the wolf armor chariot and began to think about whether to continue upgrading the chariot.

The upper limit for upgrading the main tank is level 19. Anything higher must be branded to become exclusive equipment.

Then Lin Feng will have to drive it himself from now on.

Unless some intelligent central control system can be found, such as the autonomous driving that was already realized in the old Earth era.

This requires the rarest treasure in Oasis today, a PCB board equipped with a control chip.

The key is that there are not many people who understand this industry.

At least Lin Feng had never seen it in Oasis. Even on the Oasis battleship, this battleship was still driven by a large electric motor, and the ship's central control system was that of a World War II battleship, without information integration.

However, for the oasis that has been hovering on the edge of the scorching sun restricted area for many years, a stable purely mechanical structure is more suitable than an intelligent motherboard control system.

Because intelligent things are not only prone to problems, but once there is a problem, repairing it is not as simple as just replacing parts.

When the Oasis was in the most danger, there was only one day left before the arrival of the Fiery Sun Forbidden Zone behind it. If it was shut down and could not be repaired, it would be the end of it.

The old-fashioned mechanical structure is not only very stable, but can also run continuously for hundreds of years without error and is very durable.

This is also the design concept of most trams.

Only three parts are needed: the body frame, battery panels, and drive motor to build a means of transportation that can reach a speed of five or six kilometers per hour.

By adding batteries and transformers, you can increase your speed and gallop across the wilderness.

However, the chip control system can bring great convenience. The information integration alone is something that the current means of transportation cannot match.

Just like power armor, the auxiliary combat mode can allow an inexperienced novice to become a master of close combat.

It has been integrated with a large number of martial arts masters' moves and various fighting techniques, which can deal with various attacks from the enemy.

However, they are all used to deal with humanoid creatures. It is difficult to deal with the evolved wild beasts that evolved in the wasteland.

If Lin Feng wants to brand the chariot now, he must implant a car-computer system to make the chariot intelligent and able to achieve remote-controlled automatic driving.

In this way, even if Lin Feng is fighting, he can still control the chariot and coordinate the actions at the same time.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng decided to postpone the upgrade of the tank, first raise his own evolution level, and then brand the bullet production machine to strengthen the caliber of the product.

Once the small-caliber artillery shells are released, we will have enough confidence and resources to exchange for the necessary supplies and materials.

After making the decision, Lin Feng immediately took out three portions of level 20 pure source material and a whole piece of level 20 evolutionary meat from the refrigerator and began to further upgrade the level.

(End of this chapter)